Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 19, 2011 / Notices 3119 

RDRL–DB/Bldg. 434, Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, MD 21005–5425, Telephone: 

(410) 278–5028. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–960 Filed 1–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Availability for Exclusive, NonExclusive, or Partially-Exclusive 

Licensing of an Invention Concerning 

a Urinary Field Sampling Kit for the 

Determination of Nerve Agent 

Exposure and Method of Use Thereof 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement is made of the 

availability for licensing of the 

invention set forth in U.S. Provisional 

Patent Application Serial No. 61/ 

458,797, entitled ‘‘Urinary Field 

Sampling Kit for the Determination of 

Nerve Agent Exposure and Method of 

Use Thereof,’’ filed on November 15, 

2010. The United States Government, as 

represented by the Secretary of the 

Army, has rights to this invention. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702– 

5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth Arwine, 

Patent Attorney, (301) 619–7808. For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research and Technology Applications 

(ORTA), (301) 619–6664, both at telefax 

(301) 619–5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention relates to a urinary field 

sampling kit and method of its use for 

collecting and processing urine samples 

to be analyzed to confirm, identify and 

measure human exposure to nerve 

agents. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–959 Filed 1–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: January 13, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Type of Review: NEW. 

Title of Collection: Teacher Quality 

Distribution Study. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On 

Occasion. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 197. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,183. 

Abstract: Title II, Part A, the 

Improving Teacher State Formula 

Grants program is the primary Federal 

funding under the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act to support a 

high quality teacher in every classroom. 

The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act supports reform in 

four key areas including increasing 

teacher effectiveness and promoting the 

equitable distribution of effective 

teachers. Therefore, this study describes 

the distribution of teacher quality 

within districts over time and any 

changes in that distribution associated 

with district strategies to promote an 

equitable distribution of high quality 

teachers. 

This study will provide information 

over time about the distribution of 

teacher quality and will document 

district efforts to promote teacher equity 

within a select number of districts. The 

research questions are: 

• What is the distribution of teacher 

quality across schools within districts? 

• What strategies and policies are 

districts promoting to address 

inequitable distribution of teacher 

quality? How are these strategies/ 

policies enacted (e.g. strategy 

determination, goals and objectives, 

theory of action, features, 

administration, necessary resources, 

challenges to administration, intended 

duration)? 

• What is the relationship between 

the district policies/strategies and the 

distribution of teacher quality? The 

study will be conducted in up to 30 

geographically-dispersed school 

districts. The study will document the 

distribution of teacher quality, within 

participating districts, using teacher 

value-added analyses. The study will 

also describe changes in the distribution 

of teacher quality across the outcomes 

years 2010–2011 through 2012–2013. 

Data collection will include student 

achievement obtained from 

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